It is already the end of June and I just realized that I haven't posted anything since April. This I know is unacceptable behavior and I really am going to try and do better. One of the hardest things is that I don't really feel like I have anything exciting to share.
I guess one of the biggest things that has happened is that I am now a college graduate! I completed my undergraduate work in Communication Studies with a specialization in Advertising and Public Relations in May. Everyone keeps asking how does it feel and to me it is like asking if you feel older on your birthday. Honestly it doesn't really feel any different. I think that part of this comes from the fact that I will be returning to Liberty in the fall to begin graduate school.
It's funny because I always said I would not go to grad school. I specifically choose a major where it would not be required. Four years always sounded like quite enough to me, thank you. But as God usually is when I try to tell him how my life will play out or to tell him what I will and will not do, he has a different plan, and in the end I know that his way is best. This time I even managed to let my heart be molded with out throwing a temper tantrum. This time I will be studying Communications with a focus in media.
Another exciting thing that has happened is I found a summer job! After much searching and debate about staying in Lynchburg or going home for the summer or branching out somewhere else, I pretty much came home on faith that the Lord would provide and he did! I am working for River City Graphic Solutions, in Vinton. It is really fun and I am learning so much. So hopefully this will provide endless blog entries for this summer. Tomorrow I will try to post some of the things I have been working on.
Other than these two big events there is not much else new. Summer is proving to be a time of relaxating and rest. It has allowed me to reflect on all that I have learned in the past year and what the Lord has brought me through. This time has provided me with time to catch up with friends and spend some much needed time with my family. I hope that all of you are enjoying this season and taking the time to reflect and evaluate as I am.
Love From Liberty,
Peggy
Monday, June 22, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
The Music Man
Liberty has a surprisingly good theater department. This was brought to my attention my freshman year when my SLD invited me to attend Guy's and Dolls with her and some friends. Having participated in this show in high school I was excited to see Liberty's version. It was no disappointment. The show was wonderful and inspired me to attend several other shows over my course of four years here at Liberty.
On Friday, my once SLD, Christina, now my RD, attended the Music Man. This was of particular interest to me as it takes place in the state of Iowa, my home. I have seen the older version of the movie and the middle school put on this play when my sister was in 8th grade. The night started off in a rush as we went to Docs Diner to eat. We had to wait for 20ish min. before being seated. We then had to order and wait for the food. While the service was not overly slow we didn't even get to Docs until 6:20 and the show was supposed to start at 7:30. At about 7:10 we had yet to receive our food and so we asked if it could just be brought boxed. When it came we immediately left for the show eating a little in the car. Since Docs is about 3 min drive from the theater there was not much time to eat, so we decided that we would take the food in with us and eat during intermission. Where you may ask did we put all of the food? Well as my dad says, "Peggy that is not a purse it is a bag." Well this bag just happened to be large enough to hold two to-go containers in it. Please mind you that this is not one of those over the shoulder type bags but an actual purse that just so happens to be huge.
So we took the food in and during the whole first half of the show you could smell the diner food. It was really quite funny. The most important part though is that we walked in just as they dimmed the lights to start the show. Which meant that we had to try and find our seats in pitch black darkness. After tripping over almost a whole row of people we found our seats and enjoyed the show immensely.
I hope that everyone who has the opportunity will go and enjoy Liberty University Theater and go see the Music Man. It is definitely worth the money.
Love From Liberty,
Peggy
On Friday, my once SLD, Christina, now my RD, attended the Music Man. This was of particular interest to me as it takes place in the state of Iowa, my home. I have seen the older version of the movie and the middle school put on this play when my sister was in 8th grade. The night started off in a rush as we went to Docs Diner to eat. We had to wait for 20ish min. before being seated. We then had to order and wait for the food. While the service was not overly slow we didn't even get to Docs until 6:20 and the show was supposed to start at 7:30. At about 7:10 we had yet to receive our food and so we asked if it could just be brought boxed. When it came we immediately left for the show eating a little in the car. Since Docs is about 3 min drive from the theater there was not much time to eat, so we decided that we would take the food in with us and eat during intermission. Where you may ask did we put all of the food? Well as my dad says, "Peggy that is not a purse it is a bag." Well this bag just happened to be large enough to hold two to-go containers in it. Please mind you that this is not one of those over the shoulder type bags but an actual purse that just so happens to be huge.
So we took the food in and during the whole first half of the show you could smell the diner food. It was really quite funny. The most important part though is that we walked in just as they dimmed the lights to start the show. Which meant that we had to try and find our seats in pitch black darkness. After tripping over almost a whole row of people we found our seats and enjoyed the show immensely.
I hope that everyone who has the opportunity will go and enjoy Liberty University Theater and go see the Music Man. It is definitely worth the money.
Love From Liberty,
Peggy
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Icecream and Cake
In honor of birthdays on our hall once a month we have birthday party hall meeting. For this hall meeting we make cake or cupcakes and pass them out during hall meeting. We also sing a special birthday song. This is not your traditional Happy Birthday song. Danielle and I learned this song during RA training this fall and we had so much fun doing it that we decided that it would really help liven things up for this special occasion. The song also has actions to go with it that we taught out leadership team and then the rest of the hall. It is really fun and although the video link that I will attempt to post does not include the actions I encourage you to try to find another video with the actions so that you can get the full effect. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSj-K0xMcW4
Love From Liberty,
Peggy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSj-K0xMcW4
Love From Liberty,
Peggy
Monday, April 6, 2009
Summer Plans
In 30ish days I will be a college graduate and I have no idea what I am doing with my life. Because of this I have decided to go to grad school. As you may have read I am currently dual enrolled and so technically I have already started but I am not officially in the program yet. This being said I have giving my self a little more time to figure out what I really want to be doing long term. The down side is that I again have to find summer employment.
Now in the past this has not been a big deal. Since the summer I turned sixteen I have worked for the Vinton Parks and Recreation department as a life guard and a water safety instructor. And for the past two summers I have worked at East Iowa Bible Camp as a counselor. So I have never really had to look for a job.
This summer however I don't really feel the Lord leading me to do either of those things and so I have began a hunt for a job that will allow me to work mid-May through the end of July, as I have to be back at school Aug. 3rd. It is turning out to be a lot more work than I thought. As I am looking for a job at home, CO, MN, or AZ but am living in VA it is hard to set up interview times or even know where to look. Also I hate the idea of cover letters and don't really know what to say or where to start. If you have any advice of the job search methods I would be glad the hear it. I currently have resumes posted on monster.com and careerbuilder.com but am not having much success.
So that's the story. I may be spending the whole summer on my parents couch doing nothing with my new college degree that I have spent so much time and money to earn.
Love From Liberty,
Peggy
Now in the past this has not been a big deal. Since the summer I turned sixteen I have worked for the Vinton Parks and Recreation department as a life guard and a water safety instructor. And for the past two summers I have worked at East Iowa Bible Camp as a counselor. So I have never really had to look for a job.
This summer however I don't really feel the Lord leading me to do either of those things and so I have began a hunt for a job that will allow me to work mid-May through the end of July, as I have to be back at school Aug. 3rd. It is turning out to be a lot more work than I thought. As I am looking for a job at home, CO, MN, or AZ but am living in VA it is hard to set up interview times or even know where to look. Also I hate the idea of cover letters and don't really know what to say or where to start. If you have any advice of the job search methods I would be glad the hear it. I currently have resumes posted on monster.com and careerbuilder.com but am not having much success.
So that's the story. I may be spending the whole summer on my parents couch doing nothing with my new college degree that I have spent so much time and money to earn.
Love From Liberty,
Peggy
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Welcome Back!
Well as much as I like to check other people's blogs you would think that I would do better at updating my own. But all well, I am here now and a lot has happened since I last posted. First, I got over my nasty cold. I hate being sick so it was a blessing that it didn't last very long. Secondly, I enjoyed a wonderful spring break with friends. Meghan, Regina, Christine and I all traveled 14 hours to sunny warm Florida. The weather was perfect! No clouds and it only rained one day for about 30 min. and was 80 degrees or better all week! I worked very hard on my tan, laying out all day on the beach. After about an hour or so I strained my self and walked to the water to cool off. As you can probably tell it was a very stressful vacation. We also got to see an alligator on our air boat tour of the Everglades. We stayed with friends of my family, Marilyn and Dean and their son Douglas. It was so good to see them again, since I have not seen them since the wedding last Christmas.
The weekend after spring break I got to take my first trip to Baltimore! A friend from my hall, April lives just outside and we enjoyed a weekend road trip to her house. In addition to seeing Baltimore's inner harbor I also got to meet all of April's family. Including her both sets of Grandparents, three aunts and uncles, her cousin and her baby, her parents siblings and the siblings significant others. It was quite the experience but everyone was so nice. I also got to go to the cheesecake factory which was pretty much the greatest experience of my life! I LOVE cheesecake!
The following weekend I was again headed out of town on a road trip. This time to Winchester, VA for some R and R. I went with my RD Christina and half of our RA group to Christina's family's new home. It is huge and has a theater in the basement. We spent the whole weekend watching movies and eating really good food. Christina's mom was such a blessing, serving us and she even taught us some cake decorating techniques. On Sunday we backed giant cupcakes and practiced our new found talent. They turned out really good and we brought them back to Liberty to share with the rest of our group at RA group on Monday night.
This weekend was college for a weekend and the busyness that comes with having 1500 extra people on campus. Yesterday April and I took 10 of the campus serve kids to the YMCA to go swimming. Finnely the site leader also came with us to help supervise the kids. I was surprised how well it actually went. I think that it was seriously the first time that some of those kids had ever been in a pool. The idea that some people never learn to swim baffles me. I have been in swimming lessons since I was six months old and I can't remember a time where I didn't know how to swim. I can remember when I didn't swim well but I have pretty much always known how to swim.
This week we will continue to interview prayer leaders for our hall next year. We have already offered a couple of spots so it is exciting to see how the team is coming together. Please pray that God will continue to give our big four wisdom in making decisions and discernment in who we choose to lead the girls on our hall next year.
Well I think that pretty much brings us up to date on my life. I know that it really isn't that interesting. Sometimes I think of funny things to write about but then by the time I actually have time to write about it I can't remember what it was I was going to say. Anyway, I promise that in the future I will try to be better about updating.
Love From Liberty,
Peggy
The weekend after spring break I got to take my first trip to Baltimore! A friend from my hall, April lives just outside and we enjoyed a weekend road trip to her house. In addition to seeing Baltimore's inner harbor I also got to meet all of April's family. Including her both sets of Grandparents, three aunts and uncles, her cousin and her baby, her parents siblings and the siblings significant others. It was quite the experience but everyone was so nice. I also got to go to the cheesecake factory which was pretty much the greatest experience of my life! I LOVE cheesecake!
The following weekend I was again headed out of town on a road trip. This time to Winchester, VA for some R and R. I went with my RD Christina and half of our RA group to Christina's family's new home. It is huge and has a theater in the basement. We spent the whole weekend watching movies and eating really good food. Christina's mom was such a blessing, serving us and she even taught us some cake decorating techniques. On Sunday we backed giant cupcakes and practiced our new found talent. They turned out really good and we brought them back to Liberty to share with the rest of our group at RA group on Monday night.
This weekend was college for a weekend and the busyness that comes with having 1500 extra people on campus. Yesterday April and I took 10 of the campus serve kids to the YMCA to go swimming. Finnely the site leader also came with us to help supervise the kids. I was surprised how well it actually went. I think that it was seriously the first time that some of those kids had ever been in a pool. The idea that some people never learn to swim baffles me. I have been in swimming lessons since I was six months old and I can't remember a time where I didn't know how to swim. I can remember when I didn't swim well but I have pretty much always known how to swim.
This week we will continue to interview prayer leaders for our hall next year. We have already offered a couple of spots so it is exciting to see how the team is coming together. Please pray that God will continue to give our big four wisdom in making decisions and discernment in who we choose to lead the girls on our hall next year.
Well I think that pretty much brings us up to date on my life. I know that it really isn't that interesting. Sometimes I think of funny things to write about but then by the time I actually have time to write about it I can't remember what it was I was going to say. Anyway, I promise that in the future I will try to be better about updating.
Love From Liberty,
Peggy
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Being Sick Is No Fun!
Well I guess if I had to catch this stupid cold that is going around this week was more convenient to do so than most. In an effort to protect myself last Wednesday during room checks I went around a bleached all of the door handles, inside and out. And I guess it worked, I made it through college for a weekend with out getting sick. Unfortunately on Sunday night it hit me hard and fast. I stayed in bed most of the day on Sunday trying to fight it off before it came on full fledged but it didn't quite work. Yesterday I was miserable and only went to one of my classes and only because I really could not miss. Last night I was feeling a little bit better so I took two Benadryl and called in sick to work and slept for over 12 hours. I woke up at 2 o'clock in the afternoon today but I really am feeling much better. I think between the drugs and sleep and fluids the worst is over and hopefully by tomorrow I will be fine.
Tomorrow I am celebrating Valentines day! I know that I am a little late but over the last couple of years some friends and I have created a tradition of getting really dressed up and going to a nice restaurant and celebrating our singleness, our friendship, and the love from our savior Jesus Christ together on Valentines day. We always have a good time and it is a good time to catch up with those who we don't get to spend as much time with as we would like. This year Meghan and Regina were out of town on Valentines day so we are celebrating a little late. Actually it is probably easier to get a reservation a the place we want to go to now then it would have been this weekend so it is really a good thing. I am really looking forward to our night out, I only hope that this cold is gone by then so I don't have to pack tissues in my purse and embarrassing blow my nose at the table.
Tomorrow I am celebrating Valentines day! I know that I am a little late but over the last couple of years some friends and I have created a tradition of getting really dressed up and going to a nice restaurant and celebrating our singleness, our friendship, and the love from our savior Jesus Christ together on Valentines day. We always have a good time and it is a good time to catch up with those who we don't get to spend as much time with as we would like. This year Meghan and Regina were out of town on Valentines day so we are celebrating a little late. Actually it is probably easier to get a reservation a the place we want to go to now then it would have been this weekend so it is really a good thing. I am really looking forward to our night out, I only hope that this cold is gone by then so I don't have to pack tissues in my purse and embarrassing blow my nose at the table.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
I Am NOT A Dater-Hater
I am not a dater-hater as some are. In fact I really enjoy the holiday that is most closely associated with having a significant other, which I do not. Valentines day happens to be towards the top of my list of favorite holidays. Christmas is first, with Easter following a close second, then there is my birthday but pretty must right after that is Valentine's day. This surprises a lot a people as I am notoriously single. But the great thing I think about Valentine's day is that it is about love. And to celebrate love you do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend. In fact, the greatest gift and display of love comes not from a husband or wife but from Jesus Christ. He loves me more than any other human being ever could. His sacrifice of love for us on the cross comes unconditionally and is available any day of year. So this Valentine's day I will be teaching swimming lessons and hanging out with my cousin who is coming for College For A Weekend and I will be celebrating the ULTIMATE gift of love, JESUS CHRIST. If I am finding my worth and value in him then I can be happy and feel the same love that those who are going out to eat or some other special event can.
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